This is from a Mr. Showbiz colum of last Sept., when TPS was still filming. I thought it was interesting--
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But the crew had to contend with more than killer squalls. Local fishermen are said to be giving easy-on-the-eyes stars George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg a hard time because they don't look enough like the doomed men they portray: Capt. Billy Tyne and Bobby Shatford, who went down with the Andrea Gail. Meanwhile, says the Post, actor Michael Ironside resembles his character so strongly that he was approached by a local who demanded the $5,000 owed him by the dead crewmember.

Ironside replied, "Man, I'm an actor. I'm just playing a part." The Post's source says the townie growled, "Yeah? Well I want my money."